Messing up and recovering.
So, last I posted, I had drilled the holes for the bridge post bushings and had grain-filled the mahogany.
Two weeks ago, I started the staining process for the top. The green from Stewmac was great thinned in water and all by itself without any additions.
So, after letting it sit for a week, I pulled off the masking tape off the sides..... and inadvertently, pulled off a lot of the grain filler from the end-grain parts of the sides. Will not make that mistake again. Then, I scraped the binding with a razor (another, extremely delicate process that will take many more times to master). Then, after I received the awesome Seymore Duncan hotrod set of PUPs, put it 'together' for a mock-up photo.
That's when I noticed my horrible mistake.
The holes for the bridge posts were drilled 1.5mm too narrow. Devastated and instantly thinking I had ruined the whole thing, I left it for a week to ponder my options. I settled on getting a hole-saw for my drill press with the pilot drill bit removed. I purchased one that would leave a hole slightly larger than the original post-hole. After measuring both holes from center, the one millimeter or so of difference that would be corrected if I redid both holes was negligible and not worth the effort, so I decided to redo the bass side of the bridge.
With the plug in hand, I filed off the sides until the plug fit snugly into the hole and then glued it in place.
Carefully, I stained the plug, and, after waiting a day, drilled another hole.
Not too bad. I sized it up against the bridge and it looked good. Crossing my fingers, I screwed in the posts and put the bridge in.
Perfect fit. Success!!! With confidence now high, I'm looking forward to warmer weather and a chance to start finishing. Next, I'll post on the disastrous attempts to file string slots on the nut. Looks like I'll be ordering one pre-filed.
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So, last I posted, I had drilled the holes for the bridge post bushings and had grain-filled the mahogany.
Two weeks ago, I started the staining process for the top. The green from Stewmac was great thinned in water and all by itself without any additions.
So, after letting it sit for a week, I pulled off the masking tape off the sides..... and inadvertently, pulled off a lot of the grain filler from the end-grain parts of the sides. Will not make that mistake again. Then, I scraped the binding with a razor (another, extremely delicate process that will take many more times to master). Then, after I received the awesome Seymore Duncan hotrod set of PUPs, put it 'together' for a mock-up photo.
That's when I noticed my horrible mistake.
The holes for the bridge posts were drilled 1.5mm too narrow. Devastated and instantly thinking I had ruined the whole thing, I left it for a week to ponder my options. I settled on getting a hole-saw for my drill press with the pilot drill bit removed. I purchased one that would leave a hole slightly larger than the original post-hole. After measuring both holes from center, the one millimeter or so of difference that would be corrected if I redid both holes was negligible and not worth the effort, so I decided to redo the bass side of the bridge.
With the plug in hand, I filed off the sides until the plug fit snugly into the hole and then glued it in place.
Not too bad. I sized it up against the bridge and it looked good. Crossing my fingers, I screwed in the posts and put the bridge in.
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